"My current theory is that programming is quite literally writing."

Re:"My current theory is that programming is quite literally... by dchest on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @09:16AM (#2632950)

Sadly (and tellingly) it's not necessarily the most successful code (success comes from meeting user needs, not from good code), but how else can you judge it, apart from reading it.

Schools have suggested reading lists. Do they have the same for code reading?

Fortunately, on the Internet, we have experienced people to help us: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22good+cod...

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Re:"My current theory is that programming is quite literally... by cturner on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @09:57AM (#2633096)

Interesting. You could teach blocks of code in a similar manner to the way poetry is taught.

"Why did the author do this?"

"What effect do you get when reading this block?"

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Re:"My current theory is that programming is quite literally... by 6ren on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @09:22AM (#2632967)

> [suggested code reading lists]

That's a good idea, but I haven't heard of one. I think the best thing is just to read a lot of code, good and bad.

BTW did you check the result of that search?

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Re:"My current theory is that programming is quite literally... by dchest on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @09:31AM (#2632997)

BTW did you check the result of that search?

Haha, just skimmed through it, sorry. I remember threads on this topic, but it seems like HN search for this request failed to find them.

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Re:"My current theory is that programming is quite literally... by lurker14 on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @12:30PM (#2633794)

Beautiful Code: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510046

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